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Aus taking 'aggressive step in the eyes of Beijing' with new defence str...



Aus taking 'aggressive step in the eyes of Beijing' with new defence strategy

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Sky News contributor Michael Ware says the government’s new defence package will undoubtedly rattle China as relations break down between the two nations over economic and security tensions.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will today unveil a $270 billion defence package designed to bolster Australia’s strategic capabilities in the shadow of growing foreign cyber and security threats.

“This is Australia finally starting to try to explore its strengths and its limitations as a middle power,” Mr Ware said.

He told Sky News the defence strategy was “purely designed to become a composite part of a broader western-American led policy of containment against China”.

“This is the most aggressive, defensive posture Australia could have possibly made,” he said.

“It is extremely provocative, extremely aggressive.

“Australia’s done the right thing by trying to develop a missile shield, we are taking a step in the right direction - it’s a defensive step but also a very aggressive step in the eyes of Beijing.”

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PM warns Australians to prepare for a 'more dangerous, more disorderly w...



PM warns Australians to prepare for a 'more dangerous, more disorderly world'

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned Australia must prepare for a new reality as it navigates "a poorer, more dangerous and more disorderly world".

The Prime Minister issued the sobering warning today as he announced a $270 billion boost to defence as part of a 10-year funding model.

The announcement comes amid heightened tensions with China as a result of the coronavirus and Australia's push for an independent investigation into its origins.

"We must face that reality, the patterns of cooperation that have benefited our prosperity and security for decades, are now under increasing and I would suggest almost irreversible, strain," he said.

Mr Morrison also conceded relations between China and the United States were "fractious at best, as they compete for political, economic and technological supremacy".

"It's not just China and the United States that will determine whether our region stays on path for free and open trade," he said,

"We don't seek to entangle or intimidate or silence our neighbours. We respect their sovereignty. We champion it. And we expect others to respect ours.

"Sovereignty means self-respect, freedom to be who we are, ourselves, independence, free-thinking.

"We will never surrender this. Never."

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Taiwan's future 'more at risk' as China takes a belligerent stance on th...



Taiwan's future 'more at risk' as China takes a belligerent stance on the world stage

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The future of Taiwan may be at risk as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks to take more risks on the global stage in the leadup to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Community Party.

That is according to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Peter Jenning, who says western democracies need to take steps now to dissuade China from exerting complete control over Taiwan.

Mr Jennings told Sky News China may make a move against Taiwan in the coming months.

“We are clearly seeing Xi Jinping taking more and more risks … I think he thinks his personal situation is perhaps more at threat in China than has been the case so far,” he said.

“I reckon the window to look for a potential Taiwan scenario is from the time of the presidential election, November this year, through to about mid June which is the 100th anniversary of the founding Communist Party of China and that is an anniversary Xi Jinping has said great things should happen for China at that time.

“We have seven or eight months where there will be maximum pressure on Taiwan and we mustn’t let China get away with it.”

The comments come after China passed a controversial new national security law for Hong Kong, after the National People's Congress Standing Committee, the country's highest legislative body, met in Beijing to finalise the details.

Many experts around the world believe the law will violate Hong Kong's traditional liberties, including a free press, independent judiciary, and the right to protest.
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